The Names by Florence Knapp (2025) is a “sliding doors” debut novel exploring how a single decision shapes a life. In 1987, Cora hesitates to name her baby after her abusive husband, Gordon, and the narrative splits into three paths… Read More ›
Books
When The Cranes Fly South
Bo is determined to live his own life in his own way. But his son has other ideas… Bo lives a quiet existence in his small rural village in the north of Sweden. He is elderly and his days are… Read More ›
The Viwoods AiPaper Reader (Carta) is absolutely charming
Few devices have struck me so positively as the Viwoods Carta which is likely a device you have not heard of until now. I have been searching for a decent e-ink phone for some time and so far have returned… Read More ›
Kobo mini (13 years later…)
Before I start I should mention that my Cavapoo, Violet, is tiny. She is under 6kg in weight and as you can see she is also adorable. As you can also see, the eReader in the photo is even tinier…. Read More ›
The Inflamed Mind
Worldwide, depression will be the single biggest cause of disability in the next 20 years. But treatment for it has not changed much in the last three decades. In the world of psychiatry, time has apparently stood still… until now…. Read More ›
Kobo Remote
Kobo Remote lets you stay in the story, uninterrupted. Designed exclusively for your Kobo eReader, its intuitive controls allow effortless page-turning with a simple click. Stay immersed in your reading rhythm, without ever lifting a finger. With a comfortable, ergonomic… Read More ›
E-ink adventures
On a whim I decided to purchase a pre-owned Remarkable 2 for £200 and an 3rd party Staedtler pencil for £22. This to me represented a decent price for a product that could help me in so many ways and… Read More ›
E(lusive) Ink
I have been searching for an e-ink device that I can use when I want to read books, articles and PDFs, but which can also handle services like email, web browsing and Reddit. Those tasks are all I require now… Read More ›
Turbulence
Twelve people on the move around planet Earth, twelve individual lives, each in turmoil, and each in some way touching the next… More here. I read this book over a few days recently and it grabbed me because of the… Read More ›
Instapaper Rakuten Kobo Integration
Instapaper to all Rakuten Kobo eReaders. The integration will provide Kobo readers with a seamless way to save and read web articles directly on their Kobo eReaders. In close partnership with Kobo, we’re working diligently on the integration, and we’re… Read More ›
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